लफ़्ज़

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Persian لَفْظ (lafz), from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ). Compare Bengali লফজ (lophjo).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ləfz/, [lɐfz], /ləpʰd͡ʒ/, [lɐpʰd͡ʒ]

Noun

लफ़्ज़ • (lafz) m (formal plural अल्फ़ाज़, Urdu spelling لفظ)

  1. (poetic) word, term, pronunciation
    Synonyms: शब्द (śabd), कलाम (kalām), लुग़त (luġat)
    सिर्फ़ दो लफ़्ज़ों में यह ना बयान सकता हूँ।
    sirf do lafzõ mẽ yah nā bayān saktā hū̃.
    I cannot explain this in just two words.

Declension

Declension of लफ़्ज़ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct लफ़्ज़
lafz 		लफ़्ज़, अल्फ़ाज़
lafz, alfāz
oblique लफ़्ज़
lafz 		लफ़्ज़ों, अल्फ़ाज़ों
lafzõ, alfāzõ
vocative लफ़्ज़
lafz 		लफ़्ज़ो, अल्फ़ाज़ो
lafzo, alfāzo

Further reading

  • “लफ़्ज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
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